February 11, 2009
February 10, 2009
The Amazon Kindle - The Ultimate Ebook Reader?
The Amazon Kindle is relatively new to the market and is one of a growing number of ebook readers available to us today as a result of the growing popularity of ebooks. However, there is a little something different about the Amazon Kindle Ebook Reader that sets it apart from the rest. There is most definitely something that makes it special but it is difficult to put your finger on. The reason why it is so difficult to identify just why the Amazon Kindle captures your attention is because there is no one reason. Instead, there is a whole host of them!
The Amazon Kindle is an amazing piece of technology that allows you to read books and keep up with your news and favourite blogs at the same time. The daily blogs and newspapers are updated every single day via a wireless connection so you do not actually have to go out and physically look for the information you want! It is right there! The wireless connection always works because of the nature of the Amazon Kindle technology. They also take care of the wireless bills so that you have no further cost... other than the books you buy of course!
If the Amazon Kindle actually provides all of this, you may put forward the argument that you can get it from any computer. However, you would be missing the point. The Amazon Kindle is not a computer. It is a portable ebook reader that does not even resemble a computer. You can use it wherever you want to and still receive updates, regardless of whether you are in or near a hot spot or not!
In many ways, the Amazon Kindle is the ultimate ebook reader, but to see just how far that statement holds true, you will just have to try it for yourself!
To learn more about the Amazon Kindle, visit kindlevillage.com
Article Source: http://EzineArticles.com/?expert=Thomas_Cable
The Amazon Kindle is an amazing piece of technology that allows you to read books and keep up with your news and favourite blogs at the same time. The daily blogs and newspapers are updated every single day via a wireless connection so you do not actually have to go out and physically look for the information you want! It is right there! The wireless connection always works because of the nature of the Amazon Kindle technology. They also take care of the wireless bills so that you have no further cost... other than the books you buy of course!
If the Amazon Kindle actually provides all of this, you may put forward the argument that you can get it from any computer. However, you would be missing the point. The Amazon Kindle is not a computer. It is a portable ebook reader that does not even resemble a computer. You can use it wherever you want to and still receive updates, regardless of whether you are in or near a hot spot or not!
In many ways, the Amazon Kindle is the ultimate ebook reader, but to see just how far that statement holds true, you will just have to try it for yourself!
To learn more about the Amazon Kindle, visit kindlevillage.com
Article Source: http://EzineArticles.com/?expert=Thomas_Cable
February 2, 2009
A Look at E-book Formats and E-book-Readers
A lots of big-boys have entered the market of e-book-reader technology and a war has broken out. It's a war to develop the most commonplace and universally accepted e-book format. Among these we have:
LRF - Sony's proprietary format.
AZW - Amazon's proprietary format.
MOBI - Mobipocket; a more widely accepted format across the board.
PDF - Adobe's universal format.
The Sony Reader is one of the only e-book-reader that doesn't support the widely available Mobipocket format. The reason for this is that Sony hope to make a profit by selling e-books in their own proprietary format to its customers. This is a risky tactic as they run the risk of loosing many potential customers not willing to limit themselves to Sony's e-book collection. Amazon however have taken a more open minded approach by giving their Kindle device Mobipocket support as well as support for their proprietary format, AZW. Generally speaking, when considering a purchase of an e-book-reader device, the more supported formats the better. In this article I aim to look at the various advantages and disadvantages of e-book formats.
Sony Reader Format (LRF)
LRF is Sony's proprietary e-book file format. The Sony Reader devices allows three levels of zoom for LRF e-books. E-books of this format can be purchased from Sony's own website which boasts thousands of best-selling titles. Unfortunately this format is only available with the Sony Readers and therefore the e-book collection isn't as large as it is for other formats on offer.
Amazon Kinder Format (AZW)
The AZW format is Amazon's proprietary file format. Unlike Sony, Amazon have taken the surprising step of allowing support for other commercial formats on their reader device. For Amazon this may be a case of shooting themselves in the foot, or alternatively a stroke of genius and a missed opportunity for Sony. Amazon have their own e-book store in which they sell AZW books. Being the largest book supplier on the Internet, Amazon certainly know a thing or two about this market and should feel quite confident going up again Sony in this way.
Mobipocket Format (MOBI)
Unlike the other two mentioned formats, the MOBI file format wasn't developed for any specific device. Instead it was made for a specific piece of software. The Mobipocket reader software is free for download and distribution. This is what makes the format so appealing. Money is made purely through book sales. This philosophy seems to have more future than that of Sony and Amazon with their proprietary formats. Amazon however seem to have recognised this and allowed the format on to their devices - a step that Sony haven't taken. In this digital age of so many different devices, it is in the interests of the consumer to have standards: the Mobipocket format seems to be establishing itself as this standard.
Adobe Reader Format (PDF)
It would be a brave manufacturer who released a device without support for the PDF format. Over the years PDF has really established itself the number one digital text format. There are a number of issues with this format however that I hope to clarify here. Firstly, the philosophy of the PDF format is to display text on screen exactly as it will display in print. The problems arise when a text was designed for A4 print. There are currently no e-book-reading devices with an A4 screen size and as such, PDF documents on these devices will not display as they were intended. This also leads to reduced readability and sometimes even zero readability. There are a number of third party programs designed to tackle this problem. For the Sony Reader there are packages that convert the PDF files into the proprietary LRF format with minimum loss of quality. It's important to note that the Amazon Kindle doesn't support the PDF format at all, they do however provide "experimental" software that should convert a PDF file to the proprietary AZW format.
Final Thought
So when considering purchasing an e-book-Reader device, research is everything. An important question to ask oneself is this: what are the e-book formats I use the most? You should look at the various e-book stores to see if they offer the kinds of books that you might buy. If you usually read larger PDF files you might consider buying devices with larger screens such as the Irex Iliad. Initial research is the key to avoid headaches later on.
Richard Merry E-books and Readers
My name is Richard Merry and I'm a computer studies graduate. I'm currently studying Spanish though my primary interest remains information technology.
E-books and Readers
Article Source: http://EzineArticles.com/?expert=Richard_Merry
LRF - Sony's proprietary format.
AZW - Amazon's proprietary format.
MOBI - Mobipocket; a more widely accepted format across the board.
PDF - Adobe's universal format.
The Sony Reader is one of the only e-book-reader that doesn't support the widely available Mobipocket format. The reason for this is that Sony hope to make a profit by selling e-books in their own proprietary format to its customers. This is a risky tactic as they run the risk of loosing many potential customers not willing to limit themselves to Sony's e-book collection. Amazon however have taken a more open minded approach by giving their Kindle device Mobipocket support as well as support for their proprietary format, AZW. Generally speaking, when considering a purchase of an e-book-reader device, the more supported formats the better. In this article I aim to look at the various advantages and disadvantages of e-book formats.
Sony Reader Format (LRF)
LRF is Sony's proprietary e-book file format. The Sony Reader devices allows three levels of zoom for LRF e-books. E-books of this format can be purchased from Sony's own website which boasts thousands of best-selling titles. Unfortunately this format is only available with the Sony Readers and therefore the e-book collection isn't as large as it is for other formats on offer.
Amazon Kinder Format (AZW)
The AZW format is Amazon's proprietary file format. Unlike Sony, Amazon have taken the surprising step of allowing support for other commercial formats on their reader device. For Amazon this may be a case of shooting themselves in the foot, or alternatively a stroke of genius and a missed opportunity for Sony. Amazon have their own e-book store in which they sell AZW books. Being the largest book supplier on the Internet, Amazon certainly know a thing or two about this market and should feel quite confident going up again Sony in this way.
Mobipocket Format (MOBI)
Unlike the other two mentioned formats, the MOBI file format wasn't developed for any specific device. Instead it was made for a specific piece of software. The Mobipocket reader software is free for download and distribution. This is what makes the format so appealing. Money is made purely through book sales. This philosophy seems to have more future than that of Sony and Amazon with their proprietary formats. Amazon however seem to have recognised this and allowed the format on to their devices - a step that Sony haven't taken. In this digital age of so many different devices, it is in the interests of the consumer to have standards: the Mobipocket format seems to be establishing itself as this standard.
Adobe Reader Format (PDF)
It would be a brave manufacturer who released a device without support for the PDF format. Over the years PDF has really established itself the number one digital text format. There are a number of issues with this format however that I hope to clarify here. Firstly, the philosophy of the PDF format is to display text on screen exactly as it will display in print. The problems arise when a text was designed for A4 print. There are currently no e-book-reading devices with an A4 screen size and as such, PDF documents on these devices will not display as they were intended. This also leads to reduced readability and sometimes even zero readability. There are a number of third party programs designed to tackle this problem. For the Sony Reader there are packages that convert the PDF files into the proprietary LRF format with minimum loss of quality. It's important to note that the Amazon Kindle doesn't support the PDF format at all, they do however provide "experimental" software that should convert a PDF file to the proprietary AZW format.
Final Thought
So when considering purchasing an e-book-Reader device, research is everything. An important question to ask oneself is this: what are the e-book formats I use the most? You should look at the various e-book stores to see if they offer the kinds of books that you might buy. If you usually read larger PDF files you might consider buying devices with larger screens such as the Irex Iliad. Initial research is the key to avoid headaches later on.
Richard Merry E-books and Readers
My name is Richard Merry and I'm a computer studies graduate. I'm currently studying Spanish though my primary interest remains information technology.
E-books and Readers
Article Source: http://EzineArticles.com/?expert=Richard_Merry
Ebook Reader - A Gadget For Ebook Reading
E-book readers are specially designed devices for reading electronic pages or documents. Sometimes e-book reading software programs are known as e-book reader. With the help of e-book reading software, you can change your laptop or personal computer into an e-book reader device. E-books are a particular type of electronic documents.
They are equivalent to printed paper books. E-books are extremely popular among the regular internet users for many reasons. Earlier the use of e-books was just limited. They were used by software developers for documentation of any software program and sometimes they were used as manual books of any hardware device. Now, E-books publishing has a huge market allover the world and many information technology based companies around the world are doing the business of e-books publishing. Selling e-books is a good profitable business.
In the year 2007, world's largest online bookseller company, Amazon.com launched an e-book reader in the USA. This device is known as Amazon Kindle. It is an expensive gadget and you can use this only in America. A special Network is essential to use this e-book reader. You can access more then eighty eight thousand e-books using Whispernet.
This network is available only in the USA. Kindle is a portable e-book reader and you can transfer data from your PC to e-book reader using the USB 2.0 port of this device. It has the expandable memory option to store more e-book files from your computer hard disk. This devise support almost all kind of text files like .txt, .PDF, .doc (Microsoft word), and HTML files. You can subscribe daily newspaper, magazine and blog using the Network. This device helps you to check you email account. You can use its stereo headphone to listen an audio file which is in MP3 format. Scrolling is little difficult in case of a long document and overall e-book readers are wonderful gadget for book reading.
Currently Kindle is the best E-book reader. Read kindle reviews from http://www.kindlereview.org
Article Source: http://EzineArticles.com/?expert=John_Luu
They are equivalent to printed paper books. E-books are extremely popular among the regular internet users for many reasons. Earlier the use of e-books was just limited. They were used by software developers for documentation of any software program and sometimes they were used as manual books of any hardware device. Now, E-books publishing has a huge market allover the world and many information technology based companies around the world are doing the business of e-books publishing. Selling e-books is a good profitable business.
In the year 2007, world's largest online bookseller company, Amazon.com launched an e-book reader in the USA. This device is known as Amazon Kindle. It is an expensive gadget and you can use this only in America. A special Network is essential to use this e-book reader. You can access more then eighty eight thousand e-books using Whispernet.
This network is available only in the USA. Kindle is a portable e-book reader and you can transfer data from your PC to e-book reader using the USB 2.0 port of this device. It has the expandable memory option to store more e-book files from your computer hard disk. This devise support almost all kind of text files like .txt, .PDF, .doc (Microsoft word), and HTML files. You can subscribe daily newspaper, magazine and blog using the Network. This device helps you to check you email account. You can use its stereo headphone to listen an audio file which is in MP3 format. Scrolling is little difficult in case of a long document and overall e-book readers are wonderful gadget for book reading.
Currently Kindle is the best E-book reader. Read kindle reviews from http://www.kindlereview.org
Article Source: http://EzineArticles.com/?expert=John_Luu
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